Last voyage for HMS Ark Royal,by Roger Bamber

Ratings on Britain’s last fixed-wing aircraft carrier, HMS Ark Royal, clean the deck, flanked by a Buccaneer and a Phantom Jet. This was the ship’s last voyage, in October 1978, but right to the very end, the crew were cleaning, polishing and painting her so she looked her very best. After this final exercise in the Mediterranean, HMS Ark Royal returned to Plymouth to be scrapped.